Some larger retailers and grocers have been lobbying for a statewide policy to avoid the patchwork of local laws.

Local ordinances in 71 jurisdictions, including Solana Beach, have bans or fees on plastic bags that will not be affected.

School funding

Lawmakers approved bills that will likely be part of the budget debate as the Assembly-Senate Budget Conference Committee starts its deliberations.

Senators passed legislation detailing how they want to target funding for K-12 funding — in a different way than proposed Brown.

Senate Bill 69, which passed 31-6 with some Republican support, would provide base grants to all districts, but also allocate additional revenues to schools with high enrollments of students from low-income families or who do not speak English well. The policy would not go into effect until fall 2014.

Brown has been pushing that concept, but his 2013-14 budget goes farther, quicker. He proposes to provide even larger grants to schools where 50 percent or more of the students are disadvantaged. The Senate opposes that part of his plan. The governor wants to start July 1.

Jim Evans, a Brown spokesman, said the governor stands by his plan.

“It’s crucial that the Legislature not delay moving to a more just funding formula for our students in the most need,” Evans said.

Sen. Marty Block, D-San Diego, called the Senate’s measure “an important counterpoint” kicking off “good faith negotiations that will produce a collaborative plan that will probably be better than either of the alternatives we have now.”

Separately, the Assembly passed legislation to allocate up to $1.5 billion over two years to help K-12 schools implement new academic standards. The governor in his budget proposes to spend $1 billion.

Also, the Senate unanimously approved a measure that would establish a formula to distribute about $550 million in new tax revenues to subsidize new energy efficiency projects, such as boilers and lighting, at K-12 schools.

Other measures

• Legislation to establish that domestic workers, such as nannies and child care providers, are covered by worker protections ensuring overtime pay and other benefits.

• Legislation to streamline environmental reviews by allowing projects to advance without undergoing duplicative assessments if they are already consistent with local zoning plans.